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# What is considered a "view" for each platform?

## What counts as a view on each platform — and how each API defines it differently.

**YouTube**  
The API does not provide a fully unified definition.  
For standard videos: "The number of legitimate views for your channels or videos."  
For Shorts: "The number of times the video has been viewed."  
As of March 31, 2025, for Shorts, the `viewCount` field indicates the number of times the video was started or restarted, with no minimum watch time requirement.

Starting August 24, 2026, YouTube is aligning all other video formats to this same methodology, including long-form videos and live streams. From that date onward, the `viewCount` field will count views from the moment a video starts to play, also with no minimum watch time requirement, across all content types.   
Reference: YouTube API

**Facebook**  
Generic definition: *“The public view count of the video.”  
  
**Note:** View counts are not available for all Facebook content. Some posts display this metric while others do not, as availability depends on what Facebook's API returns for each individual piece of content — this is expected behavior and not an error or inconsistency on our end.*  
**Reference:** Facebook Graph API

**Instagram**  
Same case as Facebook, but restricted to Reels via the Business Discovery API.  
Definition: *“View count for Instagram Reels.”*  
**Reference:** Instagram Media API

**TikTok**  
There is no detailed official documentation, but according to TikTok’s own website:  
*“Number of times your video started to play. For each video impression, plays are counted separately and replays are excluded.”*

In other words, each playback start is counted, with **no minimum watch time requirement**.  
**Reference:** TikTok Ads Help

**Twitch**  
Direct definition: *“The number of times that users have watched the video.”*  
**Reference:** Twitch API

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